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• Love on stage

  26 October 202116:51 Comments Off on Love on stage

  Love and desire are so overwhelming and compelling in Roméo et Juliette that they can only find a way out in death. How do Anna Emelianova (Juliette) and Peter Gijsbertsen (Roméo) experience it to show this intense love in public?

  How do you prepare for such an iconic role?

  Peter: ‘There was already contact about this role two years ago and I have been reading and singing the score ever since. For a role as big as this one, it was nice to have the time to really empathize with Roméo. Finally, together with Anna, I carry a large part of the performance on my shoulders. Nevertheless, the pressure is high. Audience always compares. That is why it is so important that you do not perform a role as others did or as the audience expects. We create our own Roméo and Juliette.” Anna: “Juliette is one of my dream roles. The large number of arias requires a lot of strength from me. Technically it has to be good and precise and I naturally look for connection with my own thoughts and feelings. The popularity of this opera does create a sense of responsibility. People will compare me to previous Juliettes. I think it’s important that they appreciate my interpretation of Juliette.”

  How do you put yourself in this special love between Roméo and Juliette?

  Peter: ‘There’s nothing special about the love between Roméo and Juliette. It is love as we all experience it. You meet and there is a spark. Pat’s boom, you’re in love! That is what makes this story special for everyone. From the moment I sing the beautiful music makes me feel the love. It’s in the notes, in my words and in what I get back from Anna. Her eyes, her voice.” Anna: “I imagine this youthful love very easily, because as a young girl I was very much in love. I still remember the emotions and thoughts so clearly. I use these feelings to put myself in Juliette’s place. That works very well. But of course it could also be Peter, haha. It’s hard not to fall in love with him, isn’t it?”

  You switch between public scenes where many actors are on stage to private scenes with just the two of you. What does that ask of an opera singer?

  Peter: “One minute Roméo is fighting the Capulets, the next he’s in bed with Juliette. The scenes show different sides of Roméo; from an overly confident fighter to an insecure lover. It is precisely because of the different emotions and quick transitions between the scenes that I like to play this role.’ Anna: ‘I like the strong character of Juliette, she is not shy at all and knows what she wants. You can see this confidence most strongly in the private scenes. In the public scenes she lets herself be confused and the emotions become too much for her. Both emotions are great to play.”

  Do you recognize the tension between public and private in your daily life?

  Peter: ‘My wife and I met each other on the internet, so very public. Later we got married to show our immediate environment that we chose each other. Not one photo from the wedding day has made it to the internet. Proof that you can live your life very publicly and at the same time keep it very private.” Anna: “In Russia, your family is extremely involved in your private life. I speak to my mother about two or three times a day. That is expected of me and even though I sometimes set limits, in general I think it’s cute.’

  Finally, what is your favorite scene?

  ‘The bed scene’, Anna and Peter answer laughing in unison. Anna: ‘Because of the beautiful duet. Roméo and Juliette are emotionally one, the scene is cheerful and playful.” Peter: “In the duet they show for the first time that they will be together.” Anna: “And it is of course very comfortable to take a break in the middle of the performance. to lie in bed under a blanket.’

  INFO & TICKETS: operazuid.nl/romeo-juliette

  Interview: Manon Berns

• Kick-off Roméo et Juliette

  18 October 202113:23 Comments Off on Kick-off Roméo et Juliette

  We have launched with Roméo et Juliette! The cast received a presentation from the artistic team about their intentions and view of the production. The super romantic drama will be updated. We eagerly await the final result!

  When Romeo and Juliet meet, it’s love at first sight. But their rival families do everything they can to keep the two apart. A battle that ultimately kills the lovers. Charles Gounod based his opera Roméo et Juliette on the popular play by Shakespeare. The universal love story is interpreted in a contemporary way by director Julien Chavaz.

  Tour: 12 Nov. until 11 Dec. 2021

  For more information and tickets: operazuid.nl/romeo-juliette

• Guest at OZ: Maartje Rammeloo and Jan-Willem Schaafsma

  9 June 202111:13 Comments Off on Guest at OZ: Maartje Rammeloo and Jan-Willem Schaafsma

  TELL ME THE TRUTH ABOUT LOVE is a music theater performance about love, distance and proximity with the Limburg soprano Maartje Rammeloo and tenor Jan-Willem Schaafsma. Two opera singers from one household: they may be close to each other on stage, but is that really necessary to be able to convey true love? An intense performance with humor and perspective, but above all with a lot of love.

  Watch the try-out this Sunday at 2:30 pm in Studio Malpertuis. The performance will be shown again at Parkstad Limburg Theaters on 14 July at 20:30.

  Info & tickets: https://www.ticketkantoor.nl/shop/Tellmethetruth

• Opera Zuid, Nederlandse Reisopera & Dutch National Opera sign for cooperation

  20 May 202111:54 Comments Off on Opera Zuid, Nederlandse Reisopera & Dutch National Opera sign for cooperation

  On 19^th of May, in the decor of L’elisir d’amore, the three opera houses signed a covenant in which agreements were made about working together to support young opera talent. It is the first time that the three companies have so explicitly expressed the ambition to work together.

  All houses consider it an important part of their mission to enable artistic opera talent to develop further. The three houses are therefore joining forces and using their resources and experience for a long-term collaborative program aimed at talent development in the Dutch opera and music theater.

  The tangible result of the collaboration will be an annual co-production with the three companies, which will be promoted nationally through a tour.

• Want to audition at Opera Zuid?

  4 April 202110:39 Comments Off on Want to audition at Opera Zuid?

  ANNULERING AUDITIES 2022

  We hadden er ons op verheugd maar de auditie rondes van 2022 kunnen helaas door de omstandigheden van COVID-19 niet doorgaan. Hou wel onze sociale media en website in de gaten omdat we bekend zullen maken wanneer de auditie rondes weer beginnen.

  Opera Zuid is altijd op zoek naar zangtalent. Audities worden jaarlijks gehouden in februari en september. Om in aanmerking te komen voor de audities in februari dienen aanmeldingen voor januari van dat jaar te zijn ingediend. Om in aanmerking te komen voor de audities in september dienen de aanmeldingen voor juli van dat jaar te zijn ingediend. Uit alle aanmeldingen zal een selectie worden gemaakt welke zullen worden uitgenodigd.  

  Aanmeldingen kunnen gestuurd worden naar audities@operazuid.nl.